Board Briefs from Dec. 12 Regular Board Meeting

GISD Board receives
proposed rezoning plan

The District presented its updated elementary and middle
school attendance zone proposal to the Board at the December 12 Board meeting. The
plan has been amended to assist in the overcrowding of elementary and middle
schools, and to make progress towards creating true feeder patterns for
students who will attend Georgetown High School and East View High School. GISD will hold a public input meeting on
January 5 at 7 p.m. at Georgetown High School and a second public input meeting
on January 10 at 7 p.m. at East View High School.

Highlights of the approved boundaries are:

All students from McCoy Elementary will now
attend Forbes Middle School.

All students from Village Elementary will now
feed into Benold Middle School.

All students from Purl Elementary School and
Pickett Elementary School will attend Tippit Middle School.

All students from Mitchell Elementary School and
most of the students from Carver Elementary School will attend the new Wagner Middle
School. A small portion of students from Carver Elementary will attend Tippit
Middle School.

The rezoning draft has allowed for true high
school feeder patterns and middle schools of similar sizes will be feeding into
GHS and EVHS.

With the new rezoning boundaries, elementary
school student cohorts will remain together with the exception of a small
portion of Carver Elementary School.

There are no changes to current high school assignments as
part of this proposal. Students will continue to attend the high schools they
are currently assigned to.

During the process of reviewing the strategic plan, it was
determined that the current set of district beliefs should be refined to be
consistent with the district’s mission, vision and goals. Since September 2016,
there have been several workshops involving district staff, teachers, parents,
and community and business members to review goals identified in the strategic
plan, evaluate current district initiatives and assess our capacity to reach
those goals. Based on the input and feedback from these workshops, the set of
beliefs has been refined to accurately reflect the district’s vision and
mission. To view the refined GISD belief statements approved by the Board of
Trustees, visit click here.

GISD Board swears in
Ben Stewart as new member

Ben Stewart was sworn in as the interim Place 7 school board
member at the Monday, Dec. 12 Board meeting to replace Ronna Johnson who
resigned from the Board due to a relocation.

Ben has been married to his
wife, Sarah, for 14 years and they have two girls who currently attend Carver
Elementary.

·
The GISD Board recognized the December Jack
Frost Citizens Award recipients for their outstanding volunteer work and
service in GISD. December Jack Frost Award winners from GHS were Jamie Downs
and Preston Cummings. December Jack Frost Award winners from EVHS were Jackie
Doss and Shelby Brainard.

·
Healthy High School Challenge –GHS Student
Council President and Vice President and the East View Student Council
President gave a presentation to the board about how student council is
spending the money they have raised through fundraisers and won through the
Healthy High School Challenge.

·
Dr. Bryan Hallmark, Assistant Superintendent
Operations and School Leadership, presented a zoning draft to the Board. Information about the rezoning process, as
well as draft rezoning maps can be found at http://www.georgetownisd.org/Page/16824.